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Daji妲己
A thousand-year-old fox spirit from the Tomb of Xuanyuan, who, under the secret order of Nüwa, transformed into the daughter of Su Hu to bewitch the ruler.
- DIRECT FIGURES
- 22
- RELATION RECORDS
- 32
- SOURCE WORKS
- 9
RELATIONSHIP COMPASS
Daji, and the people around them.
Open one chapter at a time. Each chapter gives the relationship first, then the source text behind it.
01KINSHIPKinship
Blood, marriage and sworn bonds
5 figures · 6 records＋
Kinship
Blood, marriage and sworn bonds
King Zhou (Di Xin)—Dajifavor
Su HuisDaji’s father
Daji—Nine-Headed Pheasant Spiritsister
Daji—Jade Pipa Spiritsister
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妲己在后听见比干奏此事，暗暗叫苦：“妹妹，你回巢穴去便罢了，算甚么命！今遇恶人打死，我必定与你报仇！”
Daji—Hu Ximeisworn sisters
02ALLEGIANCEAllegiance
Rulers, appointments and allegiance
1 figure · 2 records＋
Allegiance
Rulers, appointments and allegiance
King Zhou (Di Xin)→Dajifavor
03CONFLICTConflict
Battles, captures and defeat
16 figures · 21 records＋
Conflict
Battles, captures and defeat
Daji→Jiang Ziyascheme to frame
Daji→Huang Feihuresent
Daji→Bi Ganhatred
Queen Jiang→Dajiloathe
04THE UNSEENMythic acts
Transformation, aid and divine punishment
2 figures · 3 records＋
Mythic acts
Transformation, aid and divine punishment
Daji→Fox Spiritcommand
Nüwa→Dajidispatch
12 key relationships are shown here. The complete record remains below.
In history · Records of the Grand Historian
The favored concubine of King Zhou of Shang, who brought chaos to the state.
In fiction · Book of the Later Han · Discourses of the States · Extensive Records of the Taiping Era · Investiture of the Gods · Classic of Mountains and Seas · Researches into Lost Records · Bamboo Annals · Yi Zhou Shu
Originally a thousand-year-old fox spirit from the Tomb of Xuanyuan, she was secretly ordered by Nüwa to enter the palace in the guise of the daughter of Su Hu, the Marquis of Jizhou. After entering the palace, she gained the exclusive favor of King Zhou, harmed Queen Jiang, plotted against Bi Gan, and created the cruel punishments of the bronze pillar and the snake pit, causing chaos in the court. After the fall of Shang, she was beheaded.
Across source works
How this figure changes across texts
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- Literature / legend29 profile notes
Investiture of the Gods
29 relations49 verified quotations- Daji→ scheme to frame →Jiang Ziya
- Jiang Ziya→ slay →Daji
- King Zhou (Di Xin)→ favor →Daji
- Daji→ slander →King Zhou (Di Xin)
Verified original text · 49
设一计害子牙
scheme to frame · Investiture of the Gods, ch. 17
妲己奏曰：“姜尚乃方外术士，总以一派诬言
slander · Investiture of the Gods, ch. 18
47 more verified quotations in the relationship records below.
- Official history1 profile notes
Discourses of the States
0 relations0 verified quotations - Official history2 profile notes
Book of the Later Han
0 relations0 verified quotations - Literature / legend1 profile notes
Classic of Mountains and Seas
0 relations0 verified quotations - Official history1 profile notes
Records of the Grand Historian
2 relations2 verified quotations- King Zhou (Di Xin)→ favor →Daji
- King Wu of Zhou→ slay →Daji
Verified original text · 2
爱妲己，妲己之言是从
favor · Records of the Grand Historian, Annals of Yin
杀妲己
slay · Records of the Grand Historian, Annals of Yin
- Literature / legend1 profile notes
Researches into Lost Records
1 relations1 verified quotations- King Zhou (Di Xin)→ favor →Daji
Verified original text · 1
云是帝辛之枕，尝与妲己同枕之
同枕 · Researches into Lost Records, 卷七
- Literature / legend1 profile notes
Extensive Records of the Taiping Era
0 relations0 verified quotations - Official history1 profile notes
Yi Zhou Shu
1 relations1 verified quotations- King Wu→ slay →Daji
Verified original text · 1
斩之以玄钺
slay · Yi Zhou Shu, 卷四
- Official history1 profile notes
Bamboo Annals
1 relations1 verified quotations- King Zhou (Di Xin)→ favor →Daji
Verified original text · 1
获妲己以归
favor · Bamboo Annals, 今本-殷纪
History vs. fiction
In official histories, she was a consort offered by the Su clan to the Shang king; in fiction, she became a fox spirit possessing a woman and a seductress who brought ruin to the state.
- novel inventionA nine-tailed fox spirit possessed her and caused harm
Both the 「Guoyu·Jinyu」 and the 「Shiji·Yin Benji」 record only that she was a daughter of the Yousu clan; however, 「Fengshen Yanyi」, chapter 097, states: “众诸侯岂知你是九尾狐狸在恩州驿迷死苏妲己，借窍成形，惑乱天子”, the nine-tailed fox possessing and harming people is entirely a creation of the gods-and-demons novel.
The Book of Documents, in the 'Oath of Mu', records King Wu of Zhou accusing Di Xin of 'heeding only his wife's words.' However, later attributing all atrocities, such as the viper pit and the dissection of a pregnant woman to verify the fetus, to Daji is literary exaggeration.
Relationship network
Original text (2)
设一计害子牙
妲己奏曰：“姜尚乃方外术士，总以一派诬言
Original relation: slander · Investiture of the Gods, ch. 18
Original text (1)
取出陆压所赐葫芦…………请宝贝转身
- favor← King Zhou (Di Xin) → Dajihist × litRecords of the Grand Historian, Annals of YinInvestiture of the Gods, ch. 5Investiture of the Gods, ch. 10Investiture of the Gods, ch. 62Researches into Lost Records, 卷七Bamboo Annals, 今本-殷纪
Original text (6)
纣王贪恋妲己，终日荒淫
宠妲己
御妻，汝父反朕
Original relation: spouse · Investiture of the Gods, ch. 62
爱妲己，妲己之言是从
云是帝辛之枕，尝与妲己同枕之
Original relation: 同枕 · Researches into Lost Records, 卷七
获妲己以归
- favor← King Zhou (Di Xin) → DajilitInvestiture of the Gods, ch. 4Investiture of the Gods, ch. 6Investiture of the Gods, ch. 7Investiture of the Gods, ch. 27Investiture of the Gods, ch. 28Investiture of the Gods, ch. 30
Original text (6)
天子同妲己在寿仙宫筵宴，当夜成就凤友鸾交
纣王见惊坏了妲己，慌忙无措
美人只管侍朕，明日便废了贱人，立你为皇后
Original relation: favor · Investiture of the Gods, ch. 7
听信妲己
纣王在御书阁陪苏妲己、胡喜媚共饮
纣王见有筵席，问曰……卿与何人饮酒？
- slanderDaji → King Zhou (Di Xin)litInvestiture of the Gods, ch. 7Investiture of the Gods, ch. 17Investiture of the Gods, ch. 66Investiture of the Gods, ch. 78Investiture of the Gods, ch. 89
Original text (5)
妲己乃美人
Original relation: concubine · Investiture of the Gods, ch. 7
妲己奏曰
Original relation: offer advice · Investiture of the Gods, ch. 17
妲己、胡喜妹、王贵人三人共席欠身
Original relation: serve · Investiture of the Gods, ch. 66
妲己笑而奏曰
妲己又曰：“陛下何不差官去拿来，便知端的。”
- concubineDaji → King Zhou (Di Xin)litInvestiture of the Gods, ch. 15Investiture of the Gods, ch. 19Investiture of the Gods, ch. 25Investiture of the Gods, ch. 96
Original text (4)
此时因纣王失政，妲己残害生灵
纣王见妲己出来，口称
Original relation: concubine · Investiture of the Gods, ch. 19
纣王与妲己同坐七香车
有妲己、胡喜媚、王贵人三个前来接驾
Original text (1)
黄飞虎带酒出席，见此妖精扑来，手中无一物可挡，把手挽住牡丹亭栏杆，攀折了一根，望那狐狸一下打去
Original text (1)
妲己暗恨黄飞虎：“我不曾惹你，你今来害我，则怕你路逢窄道难回避！”
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斩之以玄钺
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雷震子领柬帖，你去把九尾狐狸精拿来
Original text (2)
暗骂：“比干老贼！吾子孙就享了当今酒席，与老贼何干？你明明欺我，把皮毛惑吾之心
妲己设计害忠良
Original relation: scheme to frame · Investiture of the Gods, ch. 27
Original text (1)
比干大骂：“妲己贱人！我死冥下，见先帝无愧矣！”
- father-daughter← Su Hu → DajilitInvestiture of the Gods, ch. 3Investiture of the Gods, ch. 4Investiture of the Gods, ch. 57Investiture of the Gods, ch. 62
Original text (4)
苏护将妲己安置在后面内室里
苏护一见妲己，乃亲生之女
我不幸生女妲己
苏护乃朕心腹之臣，贵戚之卿
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此畜不过是千年狐狸，今假托人形，潜匿朝歌皇宫之内，若不早除，必为大患。
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将缚妖索把这三个业障锁了
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费仲接书，急出午门，到于本宅，至密室开拆观看：“乃妲己教我设谋，害姜皇后的重情。”
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邑考正色奏曰……娘娘之言，使臣万载竟为狗彘之人！
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这等匹夫，轻人如此！
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妲己切齿曰：“我乃天子之宠妃，姜后自恃元配，对黄、杨二贵妃耻辱我不堪，此恨如何不报！”
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姜皇后叹曰……昨闻天子信妲己，造炮烙，残害梅伯
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把妲己拖翻在地，捺在尘埃，手起拳落，打了二、三十下。
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雉鸡精道：“姐姐为何到此？
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妲己进献谗言残我手目
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妲己在后听见比干奏此事，暗暗叫苦：“妹妹，你回巢穴去便罢了，算甚么命！今遇恶人打死，我必定与你报仇！”
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……且将梅伯权禁囹圄
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妲己分付停当，风声响处，依旧回宫
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妾有一结识义妹姓胡。名曰喜媚
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妲己魂魄已被狐狸吸去，死之久矣；乃借体成形
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白猿看见上面有个狐狸
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那神莺飞起，二目如灯，专降狐狸。此莺往下一罩，爪似钢钩，把狐狸抓了一下